MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge 2015.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Learn more about the fascinating book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education is a
edited collection
which
addresses
topics
having to do with open
education resources
(OERs) and
massive open online courses (MOOC).
New
developments in
electronic educational technology have empowered
students
in every nation on earth
to take courses via the Internet.
These massively open online courses are
almost always free
for learners but do not
consistently
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a variety of
subjects that
technology-enhanced learning institutions
are having to attend to
today because online learning technology is
developing so quickly.
MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities.
How can stakeholders
guarantee that
the quality of schooling provided by these
MOOC courses is
all right?
How can participants
assure that
instructors are properly credentialed
and qualified to teach online classes?
What strategies are being used by
institutions like
Utah State University to conduct these massively open online courses?
What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal?
How can participants
deal with the problems of
poor
learner motivation and high
student dropout rates?
As e-learning technology becomes more
commonplace there is a
increasing
need
to better understand how
these MOOC courses are being conducted.
Universities
and many other
stakeholders
desire
to gain a better understanding of
these
important new open educational
ventures.
Scientists want
to gain an understanding of how
these MOOC classes
can be improved.
To satisfy this
expanding
demand for
data
the exciting new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
provides a critical analysis of
massive open online courses and other open education resource issues.
This amazing new book
also investigates the
key controversies associated with
massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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